James Compton, Western University
Associate Professor
Faculty of Information & Media Studies
London, Ontario
jcompto3@uwo.ca
Office:
(519) 661-2111 ext. 86658
Bio/Research
My research interests include political communication and the political economy of news media and popular culture - that is, the relations among power, wealth, journalism and popular culture. My work can be found in the academic journals: Canadian Journal of Communication, Journalism Studies, Jou...
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Bio/Research
My research interests include political communication and the political economy of news media and popular culture - that is, the relations among power, wealth, journalism and popular culture. My work can be found in the academic journals: Canadian Journal of Communication, Journalism Studies, Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, and UDC Communique. I am author of The Integrated News Spectacle: A Political Economy of Cultural Performance (Peter Lang 2004), and co-editor of Converging Media, Diverging Politics (Lexington Books 2005), - a collection of essays on corporate convergence and its implications for journalism and democracy.
I am the Principal Investigator of a SSHRC-funded project entitled: "The Future of Organized Labour in the Digital Media Workplace." The project is a partnership between the Digital Media Group (DLG), from the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, and three prominent Canadian labour organizations. DLG scholars are joining with researchers at the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC), and the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) to study how digital technology is changing media workplaces. In October 2009, the DLG held a major conference entitled ìDigital Labour: Workers, Authors, Citizens.î
I am also in the early stages of a collaborative project with my colleague Nick Dyer-Witheford entitled: Slump Media. It is a conjunctural analysis of the news media's role in representing the post-2008 crisis of capital, sometimes referred to as the ìGlobal Slump.
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I am the Principal Investigator of a SSHRC-funded project entitled: "The Future of Organized Labour in the Digital Media Workplace." The project is a partnership between the Digital Media Group (DLG), from the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, and three prominent Canadian labour organizations. DLG scholars are joining with researchers at the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC), and the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) to study how digital technology is changing media workplaces. In October 2009, the DLG held a major conference entitled ìDigital Labour: Workers, Authors, Citizens.î
I am also in the early stages of a collaborative project with my colleague Nick Dyer-Witheford entitled: Slump Media. It is a conjunctural analysis of the news media's role in representing the post-2008 crisis of capital, sometimes referred to as the ìGlobal Slump.
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